Yeah, can't help but suspect Sydney is riddled with it, despite what the numbers say.
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According to the NSW presser today that BWS served over 1000 customers on the peak day..how’s your maths? Good luck tracking & tracing that.
I sincerely hope NSW gets on top of this if for nothing else than we get a somewhat regular footy season.
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I've posted here before about the different types of testing, and the positives/negatives.
I just read the linked journal article and it seems to be a really interesting advance in testing capability.
I mentioned in a previous post that our Gold standard at the moment is RT-PCR which requires isolation and amplification of the COVID genome, but this is a new technique which utilises a relatively new technology in molecular biology called CRISPR which has applications from genome editing, to diagnosis, to potential cancer cures and even designer babies.
Using this, these researchers were able to create a test that appears to be at least as sensitive (and anecdotally moreso) than our current test (meaning fewer false negatives), while being just as specific/accurate (meaning no extra false positives), and the real kicker is that it can give a result in 15 minutes.
If it works at scale as well as it does in this paper, it could be a game changer.
Only information I've seen is that the strain in the northern beaches cluster originated in the US, and the latest grog shop cluster is a different strain.
Seem to be fewer hospitalisations and no deaths, but it might be early days yet.
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It will probably take more than a few days. People need to understand that there is only a certain level of staff capacity in the system, especially related to nurses. The public system is calling people back from desperately needed leave to meet this demand.
There have been cases of the UK strain in hotel quarantine.
The investigation is due to begin soon, but one of its leaders has a long work history with the controversial lab and has declared in advance that the virus wasn't leaked from there. It's going to be like the hotel quarantine inquiry, just on a bigger stage.
Sounds like the work of the " @eZyT Gang" a smash and grab from a BWS Store post the 2017 GF win
that crew operate more in the 'grab, drink and sing' model of looting.
dangerous nonetheless.
0 local cases reported in NSW overnight. Very good news on the face of it.
Emphasising the need for more testing.
Emphasising the need for more testing.
Just as an aside Antman a couple of people have posted about the political leanings of the AMA.
What do you and others think they are?
Is the AMA more of a Union or is it a professional association like CPA? How does it relate to the various Colleges (of Surgeons, gps etc) what percentage of doctors are members?
Shouldn't you ask those who are concerned about the AMA's leanings rather than those that aren't? Lee raised it, ask him why he is not a fan.
Turns out Victoria was not an outlier with Corona getting out of hotel quarantine security - four times in a month in NSW.
www.news.com.au
Looking forward to Peta Credlin, Baxen-face and the Dan Andrews haters to tear into the NSW premier for this.
COVID-19 breaks hotel quarantine for a fourth time in a month here
COVID-19 has broken out of hotel quarantine for a fourth time in just a month, as health authorities in Victoria and NSW fight to keep on top of outbreaks.
www.news.com.au
Looking forward to Peta Credlin, Baxen-face and the Dan Andrews haters to tear into the NSW premier for this.
Ok. I assume if he made the comment then he must think they are left leaning.
I’ve had a bit to do with the AMA and that isn’t my experience.
